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NGO Law Courses – Central and Eastern Europe

 

 

Country

 

University

Course

Contact Person

Narrative

Bulgaria

Plovdiv University, Faculty of Law

 

Read about the Foundation Center for Legal Aid - Legal Clinic at Plovdiv University

 

NGO Law clinical course

Prof. Tzvetana Kamenova

Kamenovat@hotmail.com

Tel.: (359-2) 987-9785

(359 88) 226 480 mobile

Fax: (359-2) 882 369

The clinic began  in April 2000 with a 30-hour theory course, and will continue in September 2000 with a live-client clinic under a lawyer’s supervision (30 hours clinic). The course is open for 8-10 fourth- and fifth-year law students (8th and 9th semester).

Croatia

University of Rijeka, Faculty of Law

Introductory Course on Not-for-Profit Law

Sanja Baric

Sbaric@pravri.hr

Fax (385-51) 675-121

Tel  (385-51) 675-113

Ms. Baric began teaching the course the spring semester of 2000. It is an elective course open to third and fourth-year law students. Ms. Baric underwent more intensive training at the ICNL Budapest office in the fall of 1999, where ICNL staff helped her develop her curriculum, which includes the general principles set forth in Guidelines for Laws Affecting Civic Organizations as well as
Croatia-specific materials. 

Croatia

University of Zagreb

 

Prof. Mihailo Dika

(385 1) 61 55 415 (tel/fax)

Prof. Dika has expressed an interest in finding an instructor to help develop a new course on NGO law for the curriculum of the Faculty of Law.  Dragan Golubovic of ICNL-Budapest is working with him on this.

Czech Republic

Masaryk University Faculty of Law, Brno

Law of Associations and Foundations

Prof.Ivo Telec

Tel.: (420 5) 41 32 12 97

        (420 5) 42 21 76 40
Fax: (420 5) 41 21 06 04

        (420 5) 41 21 31 62

telec@law.muni.cz

 

Ass’t. Prof. Karterina Adamkova

 

Assoc. Prof. Jan Hurdik

 

Professor Telec teaches the Law of Associations and Foundations at the Faculty of Law of the Masaryk University in Brno.  His colleagues Assoc. Prof. Hurdik and Ass’t Prof. Adamkova are also involved in teaching and research on NGO law issues.

 

Prof. Telec is also an external lecturer of NGO law at the Faculty of Public Administration of the Masaryk University in Brno, Economics and Management of NGOs Program.

Czech Republic

Masaryk University

Faculty of Public Administration, Brno

Economics and Management of NGOs

(including some NGO law subjects)

Prof. Jaroslav Rektorik, Vice-Dean

Rektorik@econ.muni.cz



 

Prof. Rektorik has organized Economics and Management of NGOs as a new program of the Faculty of Public Administration. The program is planned to last six semesters (three years), and it will be an elective part of the undergraduate studies.

Czech Republic

Masaryk University

Faculty of Public Administration, Brno

Economics and Management of NGOs

Ms. Simona Kozakova

kozakova@econ.muni.cz

Mr. Vladimir Hyanek

Hyanek@econ.muni.cz

Tel.: (420 5) 43 52 32 38

Ms. Kozakova and Mr. Hyanek are lecturers at the Masaryk University, Faculty of Public Administration, Brno. 

Estonia

Estonian Private University,

Legal Institute on Civil Law

 

Mr. Margus Kingissepp, Lecturer

margusoi@online.ee

 

Mr. Kingissepp is interested in introducing an NGO law course at his university. 

Hungary

Central European University, Legal Studies Department

Introduction to Not-for-Profit Law, and Simulation Clinic on NGO Law

Prof. Karla Simon

Ksimon@icnl.org

Ms. Jean Garland

Jean@icnl.org.hu

 

The two courses have been taught at CEU for three years now. The students from the LLM program who have taken the introductory course, may register for the simulation clinic.

Hungary

ELTE (Eotvos Lorrand University)

 

Ms. Agnes Kover

Kovera@osi.hu

 

Ms. Kover has expressed an interest in developing an NGO law clinic at ELTE.

Kosovo

University of Pristina

Introductory Course on NGO Law

Ms. Gjylieta Mushkolaj

Gjylietamushkolaj@usa.net

 

Ms. Mushkolaj is planning to begin teaching an NGO law course after she returns to Kosovo in the autumn. She is presently developing the materials for her course, which will emphasize comparative law issues. 

Lithuania

Vylantus Magnus University (Kaunas)

 

Introductory NGO law course in the mandatory curriculum

Dean Tadas Klimas
 
Klimas@vaidila.vdu.lt

 

During the past two years, ICNL staff members have conducted a one-week introductory NGO law course covering principal elements of laws affecting the sector and primarily focusing on international standards and comparative models and using the Guidelines for Law Affecting Civic Organizations as a text. More than 80 persons have attended each class. ICNL has been invited to lead the class again in fall 2000 and hopes to bring a Lithuanian instructor into the teaching team. 

Macedonia

Cyril and Methodius Faculty of Law, Skopije

Lecture on NGO Law within the class taught by Prof.

Davitkovski

Vice Dean and Prof. Borce Davitkovski

(389 91) 226 023 (tel)

(389 91) 227 549 (fax)

 

ICNL (Vice-President Doug Rutzen) has been invited every year to present an NGO law lecture with Prof. Davitkovski. Over 100 students attend this lecture. Prof.Daviktovski has expressed interest in creating a course on NGO law. He would also like to develop a case book on NGO legal issues which would be used by the political science, journalism and law faculties, all of which are housed in the law school. He has expressed some interest in NGO law clinical programs. 

Poland

Warsaw University, Law and Public Administration Department

Foundations and Associations

Prof.Hubert Izdebski

Krakowskie Przedmiescie 26/28, 00-927 Warsaw

Tel. (48-22) 848-4061

Fax (48-22) 848-2626 

This is an optional course and includes 30 hours of lectures.

Poland

Krakow
Jagiellonian University

 

Prof. Halina Niec

Niec@cicero.law.uj.edu.pl

 

Prof. Niec, who teaches the clinic on human rights, has expressed interest in starting a clinic on NGO law.

Poland

Lublin University of Maria Curie-Sklodovska, Law and Administration Department

1. Law and Foundations

 

2. Cooperatives and Associations Law

Prof. Henryk Ciech

Maria Curie-Sklodovska Square 5

Tel. (48-81) 537-5126

Both courses are optional, 30 hours of lecture each.